Hancock Elementary School

CHRISTMAS CAROLS AT MORNING PROGRAM We had a wonderful Morning Program yesterday, with our Middle School Chorus ensemble joining us to sing Christmas Carols! Our elementary students had the opportunity to join in with some wintery percussion (sleigh bells and tambourines) and singing! It was a beautiful way to celebrate the holidays here at Hancock Central. Thank you for the students that performed and Mrs. Noyd for her gorgeous piano playing! We also selected our gold slip winner, congratulations to Wyatt Drake! Way to go, Wyatt! Kinley Drake won Mr. Eddie's Christmas contest. Students had the chance to guess how many Santas are on our stage. Kinley was close with a guess of 300. There are actually 267 altogether! Thank you, Mr. Eddie for making a wonderful gift basket for the winner! Thank you to Ms. Williams, Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Stanton for your pictures! This is our last Morning Program of 2024. We wish everyone a warm holiday break!"

IMPORTANT DATES See the image below for important, upcoming dates in December and January!

🎉 A Warm Treat on a Cold Day! ☕❄️ Huge thanks to our amazing food service staff at Hancock Central School for treating our students to a delightful hot cocoa spread today! The spread included: 🍫 Hot cocoa with chocolate-dipped spoons 🍬 Marshmallow and peppermint toppings 🍪 Graham crackers and cocoa dip Your hard work and creativity never go unnoticed—thank you for making the day extra special!

GINGERBREAD MEN Our UPK and Kindergarten boys and girls have been working hard all week on gingerbread activities! The students created their own gingerbread men and baked them in the oven. When Ms. Milk opened the oven to check on them, she noticed one that went missing! The students went on a gingerbread hunt and the missing gingerbread was found! The boys and girls then had the opportunity to decorate and enjoy their own gingerbread man. Excellent job, students! Your gingerbread men look fantastic!

GINGERBEAD MEN Our UPK and Kindergarten boys and girls have been working hard all week on gingerbread activities! The students created their own gingerbread men and baked them in the oven. When Ms. Milk opened the oven to check on them, she noticed one that went missing! The students went on a gingerbread hunt and the missing gingerbread was found! The boys and girls then had the opportunity to decorate and enjoy their own gingerbread man. Excellent job, students! Your gingerbread men look fantastic!

SPIRIT WEEK Next week is Christmas spirit week here at HCS. Below is the schedule! Monday - Pajama Day Tuesday - Holiday Accessories Wednesday - Santa's Workshop vs Whoville Thursday - Christmas Character Day Friday - Ugly Christmas Sweater Day Show us your school spirit!!

NY THURSDAYS Our next 'NY Thursdays' meal will be tomorrow, December 12th. View the image below for menu and vendor information!

BIRTHDAYS, AWARDS, GOLD SLIP WINNER We celebrated several birthdays at yesterday's Morning Program, as well as selecting this week’s gold slip winner! Happiest of birthdays go out to Xander Dufton, Natalia Tarbox, Onyx Morgan, Riley Young, Mr. Bedient and Mrs. Sherburne! We hope you each have a wonderful birthday! Quarter 1 awards were given out to several students that were absent last week. Congratulations to the following students for their achievements: Bentley Wignall – Honor Roll Carsyn DaBrescia-McGraw – Most Creative in Art Adrian Bolster – Greatest Problem Solver Lula Disipio – Most Positive Attitude & Greatest Effort Overall Congratulations to this week’s gold slip winner, Jaxson Titus! Jaxson is pictured with Mrs. Robinson and his prize. Keep on turning in those gold slips, boys and girls!!

STUDENT OF THE WEEK We would like to congratulate our student of the week at Hancock Elementary, Adrian Bolster! Adrian was selected by Mrs. Prescott because he puts in his best effort to be a hard worker in class. He is always very kind and helpful to his peers, as well. Excellent job, Adrian! #WeAreHCS

🎶 Thank You, 5th Grade Chorus! 🎶 This morning, our 5th-grade chorus students filled the room with joy and music as they performed at our elementary Morning Program. They sang selections from their winter concert, including "We Will Not" and "Hot Chocolate," much to the delight of our younger students. Thank you, 5th-grade chorus, for sharing your talent and spreading the holiday spirit! 🌟👏

🎄❤️ Spreading Holiday Cheer! ❤️🎄 Our Hancock Central School students are bringing the holiday spirit to life by helping deliver Christmas gifts to our local Catholic church! Their efforts are making a difference and brightening the season for families in our community. Way to go, Wildcats!

FUN FRIDAY Our UPK and Kindergarten students got together for Fun Friday this past week! Their theme was reindeer, so the students made reindeer food for their snack. They also made reindeer food to put out on Christmas Eve for Santa’s reindeer! Excellent work, boys and girls!

D-H SPORTS LIVE STREAMS Deposit-Hancock is moving to a new live stream platform for our home athletic contests! We will be using HUDL FAN TV from this point forward (this is a free service, no account is required to view contests). Our home athletic contests will NO LONGER be live streamed on the YouTube platform. To watch games, please click on this link: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ny/deposit/organization/61233/deposithancock-high-school The link is also available on our school website, under the ‘Athletics’ tab. We have boys’ basketball games upcoming, with our D-H Boys tip-off tournament scheduled for tomorrow, December 6th and Saturday, December 7th. GO EAGLES!!! #DHNation

BIRTHDAYS, AWARD WINNERS AT MORNING PROGRAM We want to congratulate all our elementary boys and girls for their hard work through the first quarter of the school year! We also celebrated a few birthdays and selected our gold/blue slip winners at yesterday’s program! Happiest of birthdays go out to Emalinne Davis, William Bogart, Leeann Miller, Maverick Lopez and Mrs. Robinson! We hope you all have a wonderful birthday! We also selected two blue slip winners this week, congratulations to Lillie Walker and Cristian Sparacio on being selected! Blue slips are given out to those students who display kindness, respect and good character inside and outside of the classroom. A job well done, keep getting those slips in, boys and girls!

ELEMENTARY AWARDS We would like to thank everyone that showed up to our Quarter 1 elementary awards earlier today, we had a packed house! Congratulations to all our boys and girls for their achievements for the start of the year, they are highlighted below. Job well done, students!! High Honor Roll: Kira Kilian Honor Roll: Mia Cotza, Kyla Blakeslee, Grayson Speer, Cade Thomason, Jo’siyah Wright, Sawyer Dufton, Wyatt Drake, Bentley Wignall, Abigail Davis, Sara Saul, Leeann Miller, Landon Emerich, Rowan Conklin, Neven Brkaric, Dawson Dufton Merit Roll: Liah Chapman, Lillie Walker, Jace Carmody, Onyx Morgan, Harper Bartholomew Perfect Attendance: Ezra Berlingeri, Kyla Blakeslee, William Bogart, Addison Bolster, Tuesday Bond, Luka Brkaric, Stryker Conklin, Noah Drake, Hudson Dufton, Paeton Dunlap, Karissa Mack, Analise Robinson, Emilia Tcimpidis, Selena Tompkins, Edith Vanderwall, Lillie Walker Koalaty Kid Awards: Greatest Improvement: Xavier Adams, Elena Sparacio, Cristian Sparacio, Xander Dufton, Dawson Dufton, Jace Carmody, Khloe Gonyou – Reading Greatest Effort: Kenlie Whitmore, Zayne Walker, Lula Disipio, Cora Thomason, Kira Kilian, Cade Thomason, Alejandro Ruiz – Reading, Jo’siyah Wright – Phys. Ed, Tanner Davis – Phys. Ed Positive Attitude: Ariya Rieman, Noah Drake, Luka Brkaric, Stryker Conklin, Sawyer Dufton, Ella Dufton, Nicholas Picozzi – Math, Zayne Walker – Phys. Ed, Dawson Dufton – Phys. Ed, Lula Disipio – Library, Edith Vanderwall – Library Problem Solver: Isaac Nero, Tanner Davis, Emma Frost, Wyatt Drake, Adrian Bolster, Karissa Mack – Reading Happy Helper: Katrina Siegler, Cristian Sparacio, Kallen Robinson Most Creative in Art: Spencer Zazeckie, Carsyn DaBrescia-McGraw, Zander Wahl, Kinley Drake, Rowan Conklin, Luke Wormuth Most Eager Musician: Kyla Blakeslee, Tanner Davis, Giavanna Perillo, Lincoln Rice, Elena Sparacio Great Singer: Katrina Siegler, Aubree DeFreese-Yager Most Dependable Performer – Music: Wyatt Drake Great Performer – Music: Stryker Conklin, Natalia Tarbox Wonderful Smiling Performer – Music: Madeline Mootz #WeAreHCS

ELEMENTARY AWARDS TOMORROW Please join us Tuesday, December 3rd as we present our Quarter 1 elementary awards to our students during Morning Program! The award ceremony will start at approximately 8:35 a.m., we look forward to seeing you then!

STUDENT OF THE WEEK, BIRTHDAYS & GOLD SLIPS We highlighted our student of the week, picked a gold slip winner and celebrated several birthdays at Morning Program today! Firstly, congratulations to our student of the week, Sawyer Dufton! Sawyer was chosen by Mrs. Cooper because he is a good friend to his peers and always tries his best in class. Well done, Sawyer! We also selected our gold slip winner, congratulations to Jimi Kilian from Ms. Milk’s class! Finally, we would like to wish a happy birthday’s to Mrs. Karcher, Ariya Rieman, Lyla Hartnett and Mrs. Cooper!! We hope everyone has a safe and festive holiday break; we will see you next week!!

🎭🌟 Bravo, HCS High School Performers! 🌟🎭 This past Saturday, our talented high school students took the stage and delivered an incredible performance of "You Can't Take It with You" by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Their hard work, dedication, and passion truly shined, leaving the audience thoroughly entertained and inspired. 👏👏 A big round of applause to our cast, crew, and everyone involved in bringing this production to life. You made HCS proud! 💙💛 Cast: Penelope Sycamore – Vanessa Horton Essie – Amelia Waldron Rheba – Emmalee Watson Paul Sycamore – Olivia Esolen Ed – Hunter Oddo Donald – Isaiah Graham Martin Vanderhof – Emily Bolster Alice – Emrehe Ellis Henderson - Ashton Aceves-Amaya Tony Kirby – Steven Saul, Jr. Boris Kolenkhov – Liam Kelly Kay Wellington – Madalyn Schmitz Mr. Kirby – Liam Kelly Mrs. Kirby – Grace Evanitsky Olga – Grace Evanitsky G-Man - Ashton Aceves-Amaya Production Team: Director – Loa Noyd Technical Set Director – Kristy White Lighting and Sound – Jason Mead Spotlight – Leigha Mead Printing – BOCES Printshop & Chance Charles Costumes – Jackie Petriella

ELEMENTARY CONCERT VIDEO If you're interested in viewing Thursday night's Elementary concert, it is published on our HCSD Youtube channel at the link below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpiRCcp5p_g

A WONDERFUL ELEMENTARY CONCERT We would like to give a big shout-out to our amazing UPK-4th graders for their fantastic performance at the elementary holiday concert this past Thursday! They delighted the packed house with songs like “I Like Thanksgiving” and “Listen to the Jingles” by Teresa Jennings, as well as “The Big Chill” by Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse. Everyone did a phenomenal job—what an incredible way to celebrate the season!